That kinda makes me wonder if your gaming crew are like my friend who took “the cops sure do heavily favor neonazis who had knives and were in the vicinity of stabbings” as “boy the left sure is bad”.

My friends typically make me look like the radical right, with very few exceptions lol. Most were turned off IC by the emphasis on race and sex…

Basically my minimal criteria for “gaming buddies” is 18+, reasonably mature, and not overtly homophobic… although I have noticed that the “not overtly homophobic” qualifier typically means that I have more female gamers in my social circle than others… normally about 2/3 of them. shrugs